No. He stayed and bled out every last second of his intent, his will to be different, his will to play this through to the end. He stayed, knowing full well that he would fail. He stayed in the hopes that he would, through some fashion or the other, make a mark, be remembered even in failure.

[And watching the pond now, with the Great Koi moving just beneath its surface.]

It was the only thing that he had left.